The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was established to protect the labor rights of disabled people, preventing disability-based discrimination in a manner similar to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Two main tenets of the act include the provision of “reasonable accommodations” by employers, and also establishing certain accessibility standards to be met by public facilities. The act is divided into five titles: employment rights, public entities and transportation, public and commercial facilities, telecommunications, and a final miscellaneous section. Any condition that could be reasonably considered a physical or mental disability is covered in the legislation, as well as other conditions that may require corrective measures such as therapy, medicine, or physical devices.
As early as the 1989 inauguration of President George H. W. Bush, support was growing on both sides of Congress to enact legislation for the civil rights of the disabled.…